The Prosecutor General’s Office has referred to court a criminal case against the head of a trading company and three other individuals. They are charged with tax evasion, evasion of the duties of a tax agent, and evasion of mandatory contributions to the Social Security Fund.
According to the prosecution, the defendants were engaged in the clothing trade. Between 2019 and 2024, they allegedly implemented a business-splitting scheme using several legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. In total, the scheme involved 27 business entities operating under the simplified taxation system. The damage caused by the scheme is estimated at 3.4 million Belarusian rubles.
The entrepreneurs also allegedly paid employees wages that were not recorded in the accounting books. As a result, more than 1 million Belarusian rubles in personal income tax and 1.4 million Belarusian rubles in mandatory contributions to the Social Security Fund were not paid.
The defendants fully compensated the state for the 6 million Belarusian rubles in damages during the pretrial investigation.
The alleged offences have been classified under Part 3 of Article 243, Part 2 of Article 243-1, Part 2 of Article 243-3, Part 6 of Article 16 in conjunction with Part 2 of Article 243-1, and Part 6 of Article 16 in conjunction with Part 2 of Article 243-3 of the Criminal Code.
